Govt, police get leave to appeal RM197,600 damages for death in custody

The government and the police have been granted leave to appeal against a lower court’s order to pay RM197,600 in damages for the death of a gravedigger in police custody five years ago.

The Court of Appeal’s three-judge panel comprising Justices Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali, Azman Abdullah, and Mohamed Zaini Mazlan allowed the application.

Che Ruzima, in delivering...